BILL NUMBER: SCR 98	CHAPTERED  09/20/00

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   159
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 20, 2000
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   AUGUST 31, 2000
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 30, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 28, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Ortiz
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Steinberg)
   (Coauthor: Senators Burton and Johnston)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Cox, Hertzberg, Machado, and
Pescetti)

                        AUGUST 23, 2000

   Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 98--Relative to the dedication of
the City of Sacramento building in honor of the late Sacramento
Mayor, Joe Serna, Jr.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 98, Ortiz.  Joe Serna, Jr. Building.
   This measure would concur with the Sacramento City Council in
officially dedicating the City of Sacramento building located at 1001
I Street in Sacramento as the "Joe Serna, Jr. Building" in memory of
Sacramento's late mayor.




   WHEREAS, The Sacramento City Council and the Legislature each
conducted a public hearing concerning the dedication of the City of
Sacramento building located at 1001 I Street in honor of the late
Sacramento Mayor, Joe Serna, Jr.; and
   WHEREAS, The naming of this building is in dedication and honor of
the late Joe Serna, Jr., who was born in Stockton, California, on
September 3, 1939; and
   WHEREAS, Joe Serna, Jr. was the loving husband of Isabel
Hernandez-Serna, devoted father of Phillip and Belisa Serna, and
cherished grandfather of Andres Miguel Mayorga; and
   WHEREAS, Joe Serna, Jr. was the son of immigrant farm workers
Gerania and Jose Serna and the brother of Maria Elena Serna, Reuben
Serna, and Jesse Serna; and
   WHEREAS, Joe Serna, Jr. received his B.A. in social science from
the California State University at Sacramento (CSUS) in 1966, served
in the United States Peace Corps from 1966 to 1968, and served as
Director of the United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO Boycott
Committee, Sacramento  County, from 1970 to 1975; and
   WHEREAS, Joe Serna, Jr. served on the faculty and numerous campus
and department committees at CSUS since 1969, and received the
Distinguished Faculty Award from CSUS in February 1991; and
   WHEREAS, Joe Serna, Jr. was elected to the Sacramento City Council
on November 3, 1981, where he served until he was elected mayor on
November 3, 1992, fulfilling his mayoral duties with pride and
distinction until his death on November 7, 1999; and
   WHEREAS, Joe Serna, Jr. was known as an elected official with
profound vision for the future and the energy to implement that
vision, who could build coalitions, ignite community involvement, and
succeed in achieving his goals; and
   WHEREAS, Joe Serna, Jr. leaves a legacy in Sacramento of downtown
revitalization and growth, more parks and places for Sacramentans to
gather and enjoy their families and neighbors, a better public school
system, more jobs, more community police, and a higher quality of
life; and
   WHEREAS, Joe Serna, Jr. is best remembered for reinvigorating
downtown Sacramento as an advocate for downtown housing and the
region's light rail system, and reforming his city's public schools
by campaigning on behalf of new school leadership and a $191 million
school bond; and
   WHEREAS, The dedication of this building is appropriate because
Joe Serna, Jr. was a longtime proponent of keeping major state office
complexes located near mass transit facilities, and helped state
planners fend off demands by suburban developers that the state's
major environmental agency, CalEPA, be located in a suburban area,
accessible only by congested and air polluting freeways, and as a
result of his efforts, the state and the Department of Consumer
Affairs conducted a siting evaluation that has resulted in a policy
of locating major state employment centers in downtown metropolitan
areas across the state, thereby reducing traffic and supporting easy
use of mass transit by commuting state workers; and
   WHEREAS, The dedication of this building is also appropriate
because it is located next to Sacramento's City Hall and across from
the Cesar Chavez Plaza, a park that the late Mayor Joe Serna, Jr.
spearheaded in having it renamed to honor the memory of Cesar Chavez;
and
   WHEREAS, Joe Serna, Jr. was very much a visionary leader; he left
behind a legacy of many accomplishments and a strong belief in
community and public service; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California
concurs with the Sacramento City Council in officially dedicating the
City of Sacramento building located at 1001 I Street in Sacramento
as the "Joe Serna, Jr.  Building" in memory of Sacramento's late
mayor.
